Tap water

bugduv · 2018-07-30T10:47:33.435Z

Apologies for seriousing up the thread, but this article’s exceptional…

‘Nothing to worry about. The water is fine’: how Flint poisoned its people

The long read: When the people of Flint, Michigan, complained that their tap water smelled bad and made children sick, it took officials 18 months to accept there was a problem

richie · 2018-07-30T10:49:04.313Z

What a weird map you have there - mentions Scotland and Northern Ireland but doesn’t have them on the map…

JaguarPirate · 2018-07-30T10:58:20.188Z

Icarus-Smicarus:

Have no memory of what London water is like.

That’ll be the side effects of the water taking hold

anon35496508 · 2018-07-30T11:19:12.243Z

London tapwater leaves a ring around my glass, limescale or something, if I don’t pour it from a jug with a filter on it that I filled up earlier. It also causes tea to stain the cup more if I fill the kettle straight from the tap. It doesn’t taste any different to me though

bluto · 2018-07-30T11:27:19.920Z

different water, different needs

Steved · 2018-07-30T11:58:52.183Z

Absolutely not (if only because most auditors would have to notice something was wrong in order to purposely overlook it).

profk · 2018-07-30T14:59:59.414Z

only drink mineral water because the tap water here tastes foul.

froglet · 2018-07-30T15:40:41.679Z

zxcvbnm2:

we have a garden tap which basically from the main before the water even gets to kitchen sink and yet no-one (including me) wants to drink from it

when i was a kid i filled a water balloon from the outside tap and an earwig went in it

froglet · 2018-07-30T15:43:37.703Z

the descaler we get (supermarket own brand) is just citric acid so essentially the same as using lemon juice